another perspective...

an article on quotas for asian americans in college admissions. since 1978, race-based quotas for college admissions have been unconstitutional, although colleges may employ a fuzzy term called "critical mass" (which in my opinion is just a euphemism for "quota"). and this is the only time you will see me agreeing with scalia, so take note of this. it is a milestone.

really, whatever happened to "equal treatment"?

anyhow, let me go on a small tangent here. i think that a lot of asian american kids have pretty crappy childhoods compared to their peers - from the perspective of a reasonable prudent kid at least. forced piano lessons, extra tutoring, homework review sessions, endless hours of REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW, groundings and corporal punishment for bad grades, and other things that generally make kids frown. leisure time (i.e. playtime!) is a waste of time. and all of this knowing that your neighbors get to play outside when you are home doing commercial reading comprehension exercises because you're scoring 88% instead of 99% in your age group. et cetera. sometimes, these kids just aren't allowed to be kids.

so really, getting punished for your skin color despite getting good grades partially brought about by militaristic and unpleasant household indoctrination is adding insult to injury. and putting such "quotas" into place will simply encourage even more psychotic parental behavior, because their offspring will not be competing with "everyone else," they will be competing with kids from similarly situated psychotic households. what a crock of shit!

these kids should get restitution for their suffering in the form of grade inflation and leisure time from harvard and stanford!